Items tagged discipline

• Making time

  A classic case of, "I know what I should do, but I don't do it."

• One thing leads to another

  On the importance of keeping commitments to others and to self.

• St. Gregory's Abbey and Benedictine monasticism

  An exploration of monastic values and practices and how the monastic life can inform the lives of those outside of the monastery.

• The three-second prayer

  On the eventual importance of rattling off the indecipherable blessing.

• Late night thoughts on feasting and fasting

  Feasting and fasting as the yin and yang of Lent.

• ?Return to your fortress, O prisoner of hope?

  The importance of the spiritual disciplines in helping us become like Christ.

• Soaking in Scripture

  On the journey toward daily Bible reading and the effects of scriptural immersion.

• The gift of sleep

  God?s good creation and the space for rest.

• Top Ten re: disciplines

  Discerning the spirit of the age by identifying the disciplines for this era.

• Unnatural prayer

  Do "prayer guides" have anything useful to offer or are they too formulaic?

• What I learned during Lent

  Going without yields a lesson about the true substance of control.

• Com-unity

  An overview of community principles practiced at The Hermitage Community.

• God's love made edible

  The journey of a skill from a hobby to a spiritual discipline.

• Black gold

  The discipline of composting makes a garden grow.

• The paradoxes of the contemplative life

  A journey into a rule of life reveals powerful tensions.

• Cleanliness is adjacent to godliness

  On finding God in the dish water, vacuum cleaner and toilet.